Consider, for a moment, the latest staggering stats. Worldwide, people watch an average of 5 hours and 45 minutes of online video weekly—a 34% increase from 2016, based on the results of Limelight Network's "The State of Online Video 2017" consumer survey. By 2021, a million minutes of video content will cross global IP networks every second, according to Cisco; at that rate, it would take you more than 5 million years to watch all the video crossing the network each month. And within 3 years, IP video traffic will account for 82% of all consumer internet traffic, per Cisco.

New Android Tablets From Toshiba

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Toshiba America, Inc. launched three Excite Android tablets, spanning 7.7 inches to 13 inches. Each runs NVIDIA's quadcore Tegra 3 processor. The new Excite 10, Excite 13, and Excite 7.7 tablets run on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) and each have a 5-megapixel main camera along with a 2-megapixel front camera.

The Toshiba Excite 7.7 has an AMOLED display, a microUSB port, and a microSD card slot. Toshiba claims runtimes of up to 10 hours and standby of a full week, along with 1GB of RAM on the Excite 10. The Excite 13 has quad speakers with SRS Labs audio and an included tablet stand; its batteries reportedly can run for up to 13 hours or up to 7 days on standby.

Toshiba claims that all three tablets will get various custom Toshiba apps alongside the Android usual, including ebook software, a media streaming tool, and preloaded Netflix and Zinio apps. The Excite 10 will go on sale in May, followed by the 7.7 and 13 at the beginning of June, according to Toshiba.